Team-up reporter: The Nets inside player may become the most likely center forward to gain this summer?

According to Anthony F. Irwin, Brooklyn Nets' inside player Nicolas Claxton may become the most likely center candidate for the Los Angeles Lakers this summer.

Irwin said: In my opinion, Clarkston is definitely the Lakers' greatest probability of inside reinforcement. As we all know, the Lakers management and Nets management have had a recent cooperation basis. They have successfully obtained Dorian Finney-Smith from the Nets through trades this season. We all know that Rob Pelinka is accustomed to working with a fixed management team. All the conditions show that Clarkston's transfer path should be the smoothest thing among all the players the Lakers pay attention to. If I were asked to bet at this stage of the time that the Lakers would get a big player through trade this summer, then my answer is yes, definitely Clarkston.

In the NBA regular season this season, Clarkston made a total of 70 appearances in 82 games, averaging 26.9 minutes per game, averaging 10.3 points, 7.4 rebounds, 2.2 assists, 0.9 steals and 1.4 blocks, and 1.2 turnovers and 2.1 fouls, shooting percentage of 56.3%, three-point shooting percentage of 23.8%, and free throw shooting percentage of 51.5%. Clarkston's overall performance this season is quite good. He has pretty good scoring ability and finishing ability at the basket, and he also has certain passing ability and support. He can also use his athletic ability to achieve support in protecting the basket and rebounding protection on the defensive end. However, Clarkston's performance this season has actually declined to a certain extent, or his performance is not as good as before the previous seasons, which may also affect his market conditions.

Clarkston may indeed be a good choice for the Lakers. Considering the current situation of the Nets, Clarkston is actually not very valuable to them, which is somewhat inconsistent with the team's long-term plan. As long as the Lakers are willing to give a competitive offer, the Nets will of course seriously consider the possibility of sending him away. Clarkston's own characteristics are also more in line with Luka Doncic and are also suitable for the long-term development of the Lakers. On the other hand, compared with other Lakers' rumored objects, such as Walker Kessler, the price and bargaining chips required to get Clarkston will be much smaller. In this way, Irwin's statement is still very reasonable. Maybe Clarkston will really join the Lakers this summer?